Picture-hanger and gas-cock turner.



No. 734,180. 7 PATENTED JULY 21, 1903. M. E. KANAL Y.

PICTURE HANGER AND GAS- COOK TURNER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented July 21, 1903.

0 FFICE.

ATENT PICTURE-HANGER AND GAS-COCK TURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,180, dated July 21,1903.

Applicationfiled May 8, 1903. Serial No. 156,232. (No model.)

drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined picturehanger and gas-cock turner;and it consists in certain novel features of construction, arrangement,and combination of parts, which will be readily understood by referenceto the description of the accompanying drawings and to the claims heretoappended and in which my invention is clearly pointed out.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a planof my improved picture-hanger andgas-cock turner. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the sameand illustratingits application to the hanging or nnhanging of a picture which issuspended from a picture-molding through the medium of a detachablehook. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a rear elevationof the same and illustrating its applicationto hanging or unhangingpictures the supports for which are nails. Fig. 5 is a vertical sec tionon line A A on Figs. land 3, and Fig. 6 is an elevation illustrating'itsapplication to the turning of gas-cocks.

The hanging and unhanging of pictures as ordinarily practiced is asomewhat laborious operation, especially if the room in which they areto be hung is of considerable height, for the reason that a:chair,steps, or other makeshift has to be employed to enable the operator toreach the molding and place the picture-hook thereon and then to placethe picture cord or wire upon the hook or to place the cord or wire onthe nail when nails are used instead of the molding and hook.

The object of my invention is to obviate the necessity of resorting tosuch makeshifts and render it practical for a person to hang or unhang apicture on a nail or on a molding by means of a hook or to change theposition of the hook on the molding whilestanding on the floor, and tothis end I construct my picture-hanger as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which 1 represents a portion of the stafi orhandle of the implement,which may be of any desired length according tothe in Fig. 3.

height of the room where it is to be used, to one end of which is fittedand firmly secured a metal head 2, having the tubular shank 3 to embracethe end of the staff and having formed in its upper end the rectangularrecess 4,through the opposite side walls of which are cut theslightly-tapering slits 5, which extend downward to the bottom of saidrecess 4, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, said recess 4 being constructed andarranged to receive the lower end of the picture-hook 6, (indicated bydotted lines in Figs. 2, 3, and 5,) and the slits 5 receive thepicture-cord 7 in position to rest upon the lower end of the hook 6,said cord being indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 2, 4:, and 5. Thehead 2 is also provided with two forwardly-projecting arms 8, whichextend obliquely downward and then obliquely upward in the form ofhooks, upon which the picture-cord is suspended when a picture is beinghung upon or unhung from a nail.

, The slits 5 in the side walls of the recess 4 serve to engage thethumb-pad of a gas-cock for the purpose of turning the same, asillustrated in Fig. 6.

The operation of my invention is as follows: When it is desired to hanga picture where a hook and a molding are the means of support, thecord-receiving end of the book 6 is placed in the recess 4, as shown inFig. 3, the cord 7 after -being secured by its ends to opposite sides ofthe frame of the picture is placed by the middle of its length in theslits 5, so as to rest upon the lower end of the hook 6, and then theoperator by moving the staff with its head upward lifts the picture tothe desired height and drops the upper end of the hook 6 into engagementwith the picture-molding 9, as indicated in dotted lines When it isdesired to take down or unhang a picture so hung, the hanger is passedupward beneath the hook till the lower end of the hook 6 is engaged bythe bottom of the recess 4 and the slits 5 engage the cord 7, when thepicture is raised sufiiciently to disengage the hook from the molding,andv then the picture is lowered till grasped by the operator. 'If thepicture is to be hung upon a nail, the central portion of the cord isplaced upon the hook-shaped arms 8 with the implement turned so thatsaid arms project toward the rear of the picture and the wall of theroom, when the picture is raised till said arms pass above said nail,one on either side thereof, and then it is lowered until the cord restsupon said nail and the picture is suspended therefrom, and to unhang thesame the operation is reversed.

This implement is perfectly adapted to be used for opening and closinggas-cocks when located at an inconvenient height for operating by handby applying it to the gas-cock, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 6.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is-- 1. Acombined picture-hanger and gas-cock turner,comprising a staff and a metal head secured thereto said head havingformed in its upper end a recess adapted to receive and hold apicture-hook in an upright position, and having the two side walls ofsaid recess cut through from top to bottom to form slits to receive thepicture-cord, as set forth.

2. In a combined picture-hanger and gascock turner, the combination ofthe staff 1; the head 2 provided in its upper end with a recess adaptedto receive a picture-hook and hold it in an upright position, and withthe slits 5 to receive the picture cord or the thumb-pad of a gas-cock;and the hook-arms 8, all constructed arranged, and operatingsubstantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 5th day of May, A. D.1903.

MORRIS E. KANALY.

Witnesses:

N. O. LOMBARD, JULIA LESERANWALT.

